Do you prefer using the App or the Online version?

Craig Allen
Craig Allen Member Posts: 2 ✭
edited 2:31AM in English Forum

I'm new to Logos.

I have Windows PCs, and a Mac laptop, plus tablet and phone.

I might be a good candidate for using the Online version(s) of Logos.

However, my first instinct is to install them as desktop apps to my computers.

For those of you who have done it both ways, why do you prefer one way or another?

Is the web-only experience as good as (or good enough, presuming internet is solid) as the desktop app experience?

Does the web app work like other web-based applications (i.e. Google docs, Evernote), that you can pick up one a new device exactly where you left off on a prior device?

Many thanks!

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  • Dennis Toll
    Dennis Toll Member Posts: 76 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/243812/do-you-prefer-using-the-app-or-the-online-version

    The Web App is improving, but it is still not as strong as installing the desktop version. There are search features and layout features that do not exist in the Web version. I have used Chromebooks, and when I did, I had to use the web version, but I much prefer the desktop. Many basic features work well online, but to take advantage of all the features, you will need the desktop. I ended up moving away from Chromebooks and into the Mac world, just to take full advantage of the features of Logos. More expensive, but worth it for more in depth Bible study.

    And no, the web app does not work like Google docs. To have the same layout across computers, you will have to save the web page as a link, and then open that link on another machine. It's possible, but not as simple as Google docs.

    Dennis

  • Craig Allen
    Craig Allen Member Posts: 2 ✭

    Dennis,

    Thanks so much for weighing in.

    So, the beauty of other web apps (as I mentioned: Google docs, Evernote, as examples), is things are auto-synced. And you can pick up immediately where you left off on the last device.

    So, it sounds like that's not the case here. Too bad.

    However, I wonder if the saving as a web link provides another opportunity: Is there a way to save work on one desktop app, and export it; and then import that on another device (let's say between home and work computers)?

    Or are their settings that can be mirrored (preferences, options, etc.) from one machine to another? (audio and video software often has this capability).

    Or ability to move a study (let's say a series of notes, notebooks, and current Sermon Manager updates) from Desktop to Web; or from Web to Desktop? Or to sync all devices?

    Or does Logos truly want a single home, and it's really best to commit to a single machine?

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